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March 27, 1934. c. T. WALTER HOLDER Filed Jan. 27, 1932 -A. WWW." V IIIIIlIIIIIlIlIIIlIIIIIII/IIIIIIIIIl/lII/II/ I f 9 w W 7 s m m C INVENTOR ATTORNEY .50 is formed from a blank consisting of a sinpiece 4 of the product may be sliced to the very 19 Patented Mar. 27, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE HOLDER- Charles T. Walter, Ghicago, 11., assignor to Swift and Company, Chicago, 111., a corporation of Illinois Application January 27, 1932, Serial No.'589,l83

2 Claims. (Cl. 146216) The invention relates to a holder for sausage triangular form and designed'to be sliced to form meat and other products, convenient filling for sandwiches.

The object of the present invention is to pro- Two of such slices, in practice, will be placed vide a simple, practical and eincient sausage meat in the rectangular sandwich, but as sandwiches holderpf strong, durable and comparatively inare usually made from two slices of bread cut expensive construction designed to be employed diagonally the slices of sausage meat or other as a kitchen utensil and adapted for holding material may be conveniently placed between short lengths of a new triangular shaped sausage two pieces of such diagonally out sandwich bread. specialty and other products of a similar shape The 2 which is fiat and adaptd to be 10 while slicing. readily held against a supporting surface by the A further object of the invention is to provide fingers or" one hand, as illustrated in Fig. l of the a holder of this character which will be efifective drawing, is provided with a marginal bead 5 in holding such meat and other products to the formed by stamping or otherwise shaping the very end while slicing and which will lend itself sheet metal or other material, and extending 15 to lithographing, and therefore, form a very efoutwardly from the face of the base 2 to present fective piece of more or less permanent advera smooth marginal edge to prevent cutting or tising. scratching the hand of the operator. Both the Another object of the invention is to provide edge of the bead 5 and the flat lower face of the a sausage meat holder which may be easily gotten case 2 rests upon the supporting surface upon 20 into the home and which, because of its cheapwhich the piece 4 and the holder are placed. The ness and utility, will form an attractive radio fiat smooth unbroken surface of the base 2 is souvenir. adapted to receive advertising or other matter With these and other objects in view, the inby lithographing the same thereon or applying vention consists in the construction and novel such matter by a label or any other suitable combination and arrangement of parts heremeans, and the lower face of the base forms a coninaf-ter fully described, illustrated in the accomvenient place for other information, such as dipanying drawings and pointed out in the claims rections for using the device. hereto appended, it being understood that va- The vertical wing or member 3 is triangular in rious changes in the form, proportion and minor shape to conform to the configuration of the 30 details of construction, within the scope of the piece 4 of sausage meat specialty or other mold- 35 claims, may be resorted to without departing ed product, such as dairy cheese, hogshead cheese, from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advanbologna, and like products, and the said vertical tag'es of the invention. wing or member is provided with a marginal bead In the drawing: 6 formed by stamping or otherwise shaping the 35 Figure l is a perspective view of a sausage material of the vertical wing or member and promeat holder constructed in accordance with this jecting fowardly in the direction of the meat, as invention and shown applied to a short length clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 f the drawing.

of sausage meat. The marginal bead 6 forms a shoulder for con- Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view fining the engaged portion of the material and 40 of the same. preserves the form of the same to the last slice.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the sausage meat The sausage meat or other material is posiholder showing the same in a different position tively engaged and held by rows of downwardly from that illustrated in Fig. 1 to illustrate the conand forwardly extending taper ng spurs 7 preferstruction of the meat engaging spurs. ably of triangular shape adapted to be embedded $5 In the accompanying drawing in which is illusin the sausage meat or other material by a slight trated the preferred embodiment of the invendownward and forward movement of the holder to tion, 1 designates a meat holder designed to be position the spurs '7, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the constructed of sheet metal or other suitable madrawing. This will firmly hold the meat product terial, and when constructed of sheet metal within the confining marginal flange 6 and the gle piece of Sheet metal bent v e y end and the shape of the product will be preat right angles to form a horizontal base 2 and served to the very last slice. The spurs are formed a vertical plate or wing 3 adapted to present a integral with the flat vertical member 3 by parfiat vertical face to a triangular shaped piece 4 tially severing the spurs from the material of the 55 of sausage meat or other product which is of said member 3 and then bending the spurs outwardly to arrange them in an inclined position with their sharp tapering points extending downwardly, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing.

In practice, the triangular piece 4 of the sausage specialty or other product, is placed upon a fiat surface, such as a table, and the vertical wing or member of the holder is engaged with one end of the piece 4 with the base of the device resting upon the fiat surface. The lower face of the base fits flat against the supporting surface and may be firmly held by the fingers of one hand while the piece 4 is being sliced with an ordinary knife 8, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

What is claimed is: v

l. A kitchen utensil consisting of a meat holder constructed of a single piece of sheet metal bent transversely at right angles to form a horizontal base, and a vertical wing, said base being adapted to be held by the hand in a stationary position upon a table or other supporting surface and provided with a marginal bead and the said wing being triangular and having a marginal bead forming a shoulder and providing a seat for one end of a triangular piece of material for confining material io preserve the shape of the same to the last slice, and inclined approximately triangular spurs formed integral with the wing and extending downwardly and outwardly therefrom within the marginal bead, said spurs being arranged to be embedded in the material for holding the same against the supporting surface and against the said flat face of the wing.

22. A portable meat holder comprising a horizontal base adapted to be held by the hand in a stationary position upon a table or other supporting surface and a vertical wing of approximaiely triangular shape extending across the front of the base and connected to and carried by the same, said wing being provided with a marginal bead defining a seat adapted to receive one end of the triangular piece of material and confining the material to preserve the shape of the same to the last slice, and spurs carried by the front face of the wing and extending outwardly and downwardly therefrom and arranged to be embedded in the material for securing the same to the holder, whereby the material is adapted to be held stationary while slicing.

CHARLES T. WALTER. 

